There are clear winners and losers in a wildly inflated ask like this: military contractors win and the American public loses
President Trump’s $1.5 trillion Pentagon Budget Ask: Breathtaking Irresponsibility and Harm
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Trump’s Assault on Immigrants Hurts U.S.-Born Workers, Too
The research is clear: when immigrant workers are targeted, it threatens all workers’ ability to fight for better pay and conditions.
Low-wage workers faced worsening affordability in 2025 as wage growth stalled
Low- and middle-wage workers have suffered from decades of slow and suppressed wage growth. To improve affordability, policymakers can and must raise wages.
CHN to Congress: oppose any funding, including another CR, for ICE — and support real reforms
CHN sent this letter to every Congressional office on February 6 opposing any additional funding – including another Continuing Resolution (CR) – for ICE and federal immigration enforcement actions until policymakers negotiate substantial reforms to end the harms hitting communities nationwide.
CHN to Congress: Do Not Undermine DC’s Right to Determine Their Own Tax Policy and Manage Their Budget
CHN sent this letter to every Senate office on February 5, and sent a similar letter to every House office earlier this week before their vote to pass on H.J.Res 142, urging them to vote no on efforts to deny the people of the District of Columbia the right to determine their own tax policy and manage their own budget..
Stop Funding Violence: Congress Must Halt DHS Expansion
A broad coalition of labor unions, child welfare advocates, faith groups, anti-violence organizations, and human needs organizations are calling on the U.S. Senate to reject additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security and immigration enforcement.
The Senate Must Not Fund ICE
The money fueling ICE’s abuses comes directly out of the pockets of working Americans who are already struggling.
CHN Urges the Senate to Separate DHS Appropriations Bill from Larger Package, Reject DHS Funding
Editor’s note: CHN sent the letter below to the all members of the U.S. Senate on January 26, 2026. Dear Senator: On behalf of the Coalition on Human Needs, we urge you to prioritize human needs by separating the FY 2026 Homeland Security appropriations bill from the larger appropriations package on…
CHN Urges the U.S. House of Representatives to Reject DHS Bill with Additional Funding for ICE
Instead of giving DHS more funding without meaningful oversight, Congress must do more to rein in DHS — and we urge you to prevent ICE from receiving a single additional dollar to expand a system that is already cruel, dangerous, and profoundly inhumane.
Does the Trump Administration See You as the Enemy? Fight Back.
For people on the streets of Minneapolis, Chicago, Los Angeles, for immigrants and their neighbors, for “blue” states, the answer is “YES.”
House Members Heard Their Constituents, and Voted to Keep Health Care Affordable – The Senate Must Act Now
We call upon Senators to follow the House’s bipartisan example – they should vote for the House bill immediately to help millions facing rising health costs.
ICE, NOEM and TRUMP in Reckless Disregard of Life and Law
We mourn the needless death of Renee Nicole Good, fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. There have been at least nine other non-fatal shootings by ICE agents in places around the country. Ms. Good’s death is part of a pattern of callous and inhumane disregard of life and law.